Father can be an enemy to the country

The two fleets set off almost at the same time, and were both a thousand miles away from their destinations.

But the expeditionary force traveled down the river and could reach Thang Long, the capital of Annam, in three days.

After the Sanya fleet entered the inland river, it had to go upstream for a while. Although the southeast wind blows this season and we can sail with the wind, we will still arrive one day later than the expeditionary force.

So after Hu Quan arrived at the rendezvous point, he used his binoculars to scan the river, but did not see any trace of his own reinforcement fleet.

Instead, they summoned the 'Da Viet Navy'. Dotted on the river were Annamese single-masted oars warships.

This made the Ming army very nervous. Their side is either ordinary people or horse infantry. There is no serious navy, so they will definitely suffer heavy losses in a fight.

"What the hell is going on?" Hu Quan put down his telescope and looked at the fat monk with triangular eyes angrily.

"Haha, please be patient, Lord Marquis." Yao Guangxiao still said calmly: "The Sanya fleet has to go upstream from Qiongzhou, so it is normal to arrive a few days late."

"It's normal, then we should come later!" Hu Quan said angrily: "Without the cover of the Navy, we can't even reach the shore, let alone land."

"If it doesn't work, let's continue downstream and take the initiative to join the Sanya fleet?" Zhu Di suggested.

"No need." Hu Quan said with a smile: "Just drop anchor here and wait."

"Didn't you see that their more than two hundred warships are already well prepared and may launch an attack at any time!" Zhu Di said angrily. This fat monk ignored him all the way, and even refused to answer when he tried to talk to him. He was simply looking down on others.

"Haha, don't worry Zhu Qianhu, they won't take the initiative to attack us." Yao Guangxiao reassured him.

"Why do you say that?" Zhu Di asked.

"Just this big flag." Yao Guangxiao pointed to the big yellow flag fluttering in the wind on the mast above his head. The word "明" on it was particularly eye-catching!

He explained: "Thousands of households don't know that Annan, or the so-called Chen Dynasty, is in its weakest stage in history. It is no longer the Dai Viet Kingdom that was able to repel the Yuan army."

"..." Zhu Di closed his mouth and listened to Yao Guangxiao continue:

"In recent years, the political situation in Annan has been full of difficulties. It has been invaded by the Champa from the outside, there are powerful separatists inside, and there are rebellions everywhere. This kind of thing happened in the court again. The Chen family was slaughtered. Although Hu Jiya became the winner, But he is just a relative, and it is difficult to convince the public. There are more people who oppose him than those who support him. What he needs most at this time is the endorsement of China, so how dare he provoke China again? "

"It makes sense, but you have to be on guard against anything unexpected." Zhu Di said with a slightly brighter look.

"There is no chance." Yao Guangxiao said: "The commander of Shenglong Navy is his four sons, Hu Zhu, and he will definitely strictly implement his orders."

~~

Yao Guangxiao's conclusion was absolutely correct. At first, the Annan navy approached the Ming fleet aggressively, showing its teeth and claws in an attacking posture.

But a few hours later, they received an order from Shenglong City and retreated about two miles, establishing a safe distance from the Ming army.

Then some time later, a sloop with a white flag sailed from the direction of Thang Long City and approached the cordon of the Ming army fleet.

After a while, the Ming army used a sampan to send the Annan envoy to the boat of Dingbian Marquis.

Seeing the short Annan official wearing official robes that were almost the same as those of the Ming Dynasty, those four words popped into the mind of any Ming army general who had some culture - wearing a crown while wearing a monkey's head.

"I, the Prime Minister Du Ziman of the Kingdom of Dayue, are here to pay homage to the Lord of the Celestial Dynasty. I wonder what your surname is? Why are you here?" The Annan official actually spoke fluent Chinese.

But this is nothing unusual. In this era, Annan invented the word "Num", but it was just a Chinese phonetic notation, so the official only used Chinese characters, and there were many officials who could speak Chinese. Moreover, everyone from the emperor to the ministers likes to recite poems and write poems in an arty and elegant manner. It is no wonder that they call themselves "Little China".

"I, Hu Quan, the commander of the Yunnan capital of the Ming Dynasty, Dingbianhou, heard that the two kings of Annan were killed one after another, which made my king deeply uneasy. I was afraid that the rebels would harass the border people of the Ming Dynasty, so I sent my officer to check what happened." Hu Quan then moved out of Yao Guangxiao. Teach him the rhetoric.

"That's it." Du Ziman looked astonished. In fact, he knew what was going on when he saw the fat monk with triangular eyes: "But is it your prince that Master Daoyan reported?"

"What do you call your prince?!" Yao Guangxiao scolded: "So Annan is no longer a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty?"

"No, no, no, how could it be? Annan is always loyal to the Celestial Empire. I made a mistake." Du Ziman quickly changed his words and said, "It's our prince."

"You deserve it!" Yao Guangxiao spat: "You have to be called the Prince of Heaven!"

"Yes, Lord of Heaven." Du Ziman was helpless.

"Do you have any objection to what Master Dao Yan said about the Annan coup?" Hu Quan asked with a frown.

"Back to the Marquis, there is indeed an inside story about this matter." Du Ziman defended: "At that time, the Champa army invaded the north and was coming fiercely. Hu Pingzhang led the army south to defend against the enemy. At this time, it was time for everyone to work together to defend against external humiliation. At this time, the former king Chen Riwei was so crazy that he had no regard for the overall situation, no regard for human relations, no regard for kindness, and cruelly killed the supreme king Chen Yizong who passed on to him the throne! "

"When the tragedy came out, the whole country was shocked. The three armies cried bitterly. The soldiers on the front line were not interested in fighting. They all beat their chests and asked to return to the army to avenge the king!" Du Zi said with grief and anger on his face: "Pingzhang had no choice but to obey the people's will and lead the soldiers back to the capital. Bring order to the chaos!"

As he spoke, he said with a face full of joy: "Thanks to Pingzhang's wisdom, martial arts, and high moral prestige, he quickly put down the rebellion and restored the court to normal. Therefore, I dare to guarantee that no rebels will harass the people of the Celestial Dynasty!"

"What you say is better than what you sing!" Yao Guangxiao sneered: "Let me ask you, is Chen Riwei King Annan?"

"It was." Du Ziman said rigorously.

"Then when he kills his uncle, he is still the king, right? If the king wants his minister to die, he has to die. If his uncle dies, what's the problem?" Yao Guangxiao asked in a deep voice: "It is murder for a son to kill his father and for a minister to kill the king. He is neither a son nor a minister, so why should he kill someone?"

"Yes." Hu Quan nodded in agreement. He really felt that the fat monk was right.

Zhu Di also nodded, thinking that Bald Donkey had something.

"This," Du Ziman wiped his sweat and said, "His Royal Highness Yizong is the supreme king and his uncle. You can compare it to a son killing his father and a minister killing the king..."

"Good guy, there was a 'Zeng Shi' just now, and now there is a 'Ru father'." Yao Guangxiao said sarcastically: "So the small vassal country is so coquettish and shameless, and it still claims to be What about Little China?”

"You, don't spit on others with blood." Du Ziman was scolded to the point of pain, so he simply said with a broken face: "Do you think others don't know? You were the one who instigated Chen Riwei to kill the Supreme King!"

"Don't spit on people with blood." Yao Guangxiao said sternly: "No monarch is willing to be a puppet, no one needs to instigate him." After speaking, he looked at Du Ziman coldly and said:

"On the contrary, if a powerful minister commits regicide, there must be someone who is instigating it! The coffin boards of your Du family ancestors can hardly hold it down, right?"

"You..." Du Ziman almost fell into the Red River out of anger. The Du family claimed to be the descendants of Du Yuan, the governor of Jiaozhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. They always prided themselves on loyalty, filial piety and justice. How could they withstand such accusations?